Carnival of the Oppressed, The Angry Brigade and the Gay Liberation Front
An article investigating the relationship between Gay Liberationist groups and the British New Left.
Before the 'unity' of Grunwick: 40 years since the Imperial Typewriters strike - Evan Smith
Submitted by Steven. on May 7 2016 11:37
Article written 40 years on about the strike of predominantly East African Asian women in Leicester, with information about the relationships of the unions and the left to the strikers.
An open letter to I.S. comrades - Solidarity
“On the relations between types of revolutionary organisation and the types of society they are likely to bring about.” Issued as a Solidarity pamphlet in 1968 and 1972.
Martin Smith given PhD place at Liverpool Hope University
Submitted by working class s... on Oct 21 2013 09:17
It has come to our attention that Martin Smith – who resigned from the Socialist Workers Party following rape and sexual harassment allegations – is now based in the Social Work department at Liverpool Hope University. Trigger warning: rape, sexual harassment.
On the edges of Trotskyism - some of the ones who left the SWP
Submitted by rooieravotr on Jul 12 2013 00:48
Some notes on the IS Network, formed by ex-members of the SWP, and on the ideas of Richard Seymour, one of them.
Trotskyism on the edge - on the SWP crisis
Submitted by rooieravotr on Jul 10 2013 15:25
A few more notes on the crisis in the UK Socialist Workers Party (SWP) that seems to have entered new territory.
SWP crisis: some analysis, some thoughts
Submitted by rooieravotr on Mar 13 2013 15:33
The UK Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is in deep crisis after rape accusations and faction fights have ended in the leadership reimposing some 'order' , and oppositionists leaving the party in droves. Some analysis, and some ideas on what attitude anti-authoritarians might fruitfully take.
Understanding left cults (SWP, SP, Spiked, WRP) - a reading list
Selected reading on cultlike behaviour of left-wing parties in the UK.
The break-up of the WRP: from the horse’s mouth - Simon Pirani
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 3 2013 13:50
An account by one of its former activists of the breakup of the UK Trotskyist group Workers Revolutionary Party following widespread sexual abuse by its leader, Gerry Healy in the mid-1980s. Trigger warning for discussion of sexual abuse.
SWP's Tom Walker: Why I am resigning
A journalist at the Socialist Workers Party newspaper on his decision to quit following the way the grouping dealt with accusations of rape and sexual harassment by female members against a leader of the party. Trigger warning for sexual harassment.
